Cask-rolling machine



(No Model.)

L. A. MUELLBR.

GASK ROLLING MACHINE.

No. 305,014. Patentedsept. 9. 1884'.

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UNITED STATES PATENT Orricn.

LOUIS A. MUELLER, OF TIFFIN, OHIO.

CASK-ROLLING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 305,014, datedSeptember 9, 1884.

Application tiled August 24, 1883. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, LoUIs A. MUELLER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Tiffin, county of Seneca, and State of Ohio, have inventedacertain new and useful Improvement in Cask-Rolling Machines; and I dohereby declare the following to be a description of the same, and of themanner of constructing and using the invention, in such full, clear,concise, and exact terms as to enable any person skilled in the art towhich it appertains to construct and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, which form a part of the specification.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of the machinewith a cask thereon. Fig. 2 is a perspective of the machine alone.

Thelow oblong frame-work consists of two parallel side pieces, A,connected together by three cross pieces, B. At one end of this framework two inclined pieces, C, extend rearwardly and upwardly,respectively, from the opposite sides of said frame-work, and areconnected with each other by a cross-piece, D, about midway of thelength. The upper extremities of these inclined pieces provide bearingfor a shaft, E, which revolves in clamping-boxes e. This shaft'may bedriven by any suitable means. In the drawings one end thereof is shownprovided with a hand-crank for hand-power. The opposite end is shown asprovided with a drum for a band in the use of steam-power, and also asprovided with a pinion for connection with a horse-power or other power,if desired. At a suitable point on the shaft E is the rigid sprocketwheel G, provided with the endless chain H. This chain connects with thesprocket-wheel I, rigid on the roller-shaft J. This latter shaft isjournaled in the metallic boxes 7' clamped to the framework. Thetwodriving-rollers K are rigid with the shaft J.

At suitable distance from shaft J is the parallel shaft L, provided withtwo loose rollers, l. An annular shoulder, c, is formed on this lattershaft, near each extremity thereof, adapted to have lateral bearingagainst the inner side of the hub of the corresponding loose roller, tomaintain the latter in position at the extremity of the shaft. Anannular shoulder, d, is formed on shaft E, near each extremity thereof,adapted to have lateral bearing against the corresponding box, c, toprevent endwise movement of the shaft. The shaft L is adjustable in aseries of open sockets, a, in the low frame-work, for the purpose ofadapting the bed ofthe rollers to the various sizes of the casks,hogsheads, or barrels. These open sockets are formed in the side piecesof the frame-work, and may be with or without bushing. By extending thedrivingshaft E it can be used to operate two, three, or more 0f themachines simultaneously and side by side. By the variable adjustment ofshaft L with its rollers, the machine is adapted to receive and roll anysized cask, however large. The casks can be rolled on from the rear endof the machine, and also off from the saine end, without stopping themotion of the machine. The square roll that this machine gives the caskis adapted to spread the pitch evenly over all parts thereof, its endsas well as its sides; and there is no tendency to accumulate the pitchat any one point more than another. The rapid rolling of the casks tendsto this general and equalized spread of the pitch.

In the use of my machine I prefer to operate as follows: After a cask isproperly pitched it 'isl tumbled by hand endwise, sidewise, and headover head for a few minutes, so as to spread the pitch over all theinside of the cask. Then the latter is placed on the machine, and restsloosely thereon, where it is rolled thereby until the pitch is cold. Theweight of the cask on the two driving-rollers operates to cause it to berevolved by friction therewith, as said rollers are driven by themeansdescribed, and the two idle-rollers turn with the Cask, as thelatter bears thereon.

I make no claim to novelty in the open sockets on the bars of theframe-work of the machine, to receive the `journals of the roller shaft;nor do I clailn novelty in mounting the said shafts rigidly, andproviding them with loose anti-friction rollers, as both said devicesare common in the arts and appear in former machines; but

What I claim is the aggregate combination IOC of the different parts of'my machine, as set frame-work A, provided with open sockets a,

forth in the following: for the variable adjustment of said shaft, suh-The herein-described Cask-rolling machine, stantially as set forth.consisting` in the Combination of driving-shaft In testimony that Iclaim the foregoing to 5 E, having` annular shoulders d formed on it, bemy invention I have hereunto set my hand 15 said shaft also providedwith sprocket-wheel this 20th da)T of August, A. D. 1883.

G, rollershaft J, having,` rigid rollers K, and LOUIS A. MUELLER.sprocket-Wheel I, endless ehain H, and idle- Witnesses: shaft L, withloose rollers Z mounted thereon, J. XV. LEAHY,

ro said shaft having annular shoulders c, and! JAS. F. LEAHY.

